Commando 44-77417
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46D-5-CU Commando
USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77417
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 32813
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1349
FATE: Broken up
Operational Record
November 1944 to January 1947
44-77417 - USAAF (USA)
16 November 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
Probably assigned to the 5th Air Force, 54th Troop Carrier Wing operating in the Southwest Pacific theater.
11 January 1945
Ferried through Brisbane Eagle Farm, Queensland, Australia.
Unknown date
Assigned to Nichols Field, Philippines.
21 April 1947
Condemned for salvage, probably by the Army-Navy Liquidation Commission.
4 January 1947
Reclamation completed at Clark Field, Philippines. [dates discrepancy]